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maybe it was because I have not posted anything with Petina in while. She gets that way sometimes, but last night I had this little stand-alone dream where Petina was a little mouse genie. Of course the first time she came out of the bottle the first thing she said was.
"Just having me come out of this bottle should count as one of your wishes!"
Fortunately she was joking and all and all it ended up being a fun little one night frolic, and a good time was had by all.
"Just having me come out of this bottle should count as one of your wishes!"
Fortunately she was joking and all and all it ended up being a fun little one night frolic, and a good time was had by all.
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So her first wish can be paid with the equivalent of a GOOD* cup of coffee?
*Think that cup on a quiet, cold, want-to-be-lazy-but-can't-be morning that warms and moves the blood to its proper pace, even as the flavor pleasantly cuts that night's stickiness out of your mouth. By the final sip, you actually feel like a living person, if still tired.
*Think that cup on a quiet, cold, want-to-be-lazy-but-can't-be morning that warms and moves the blood to its proper pace, even as the flavor pleasantly cuts that night's stickiness out of your mouth. By the final sip, you actually feel like a living person, if still tired.
Having Petina as a genie -- Ow. No offense, but my biggest concern with <i>any</i> genie (after verifying my sanity and senses) would be keeping her (him, it) safe from those who would horribly abuse their abilities. Petina -- isn't exactly the kind of subtle or discreet I'd want to work with for that.
That said, I'd be mostly disappointed by the idea that there were limited wishes because when they were gone so would Petina! I don't suppose her ongoing (not permanent, just recurring) company could be one of the wishes? Or maybe a trade of sorts -- she goes back to you (Baron) and Rosemary spends time with me? (Nah, I'm not going to coerce any lady into spending time with me against her will.)
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Color?
That said, I'd be mostly disappointed by the idea that there were limited wishes because when they were gone so would Petina! I don't suppose her ongoing (not permanent, just recurring) company could be one of the wishes? Or maybe a trade of sorts -- she goes back to you (Baron) and Rosemary spends time with me? (Nah, I'm not going to coerce any lady into spending time with me against her will.)
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Color?
Well, for those who know their traditional stories, you should know that the Djinni are imprisoned in their bottles/lamps/rings/whatever. Letting them out is somewhat inadvisable. The Djinni encountered by Al-Adin are something of an exception in their bound service, and even they only did one task a day.
If you happen to get one who grants wishes, then your best bet would be to wish them back into the bottle, or at least 'leave me alone', calling yourself lucky to be alive. See, not all of them grant wishes, instead getting straight on to taking their fustrations out on whichever hapless soul lets them out.
If you happen to get one who grants wishes, then your best bet would be to wish them back into the bottle, or at least 'leave me alone', calling yourself lucky to be alive. See, not all of them grant wishes, instead getting straight on to taking their fustrations out on whichever hapless soul lets them out.
Oh yes, I know many of the old stories and their modern counterparts. Finding an imprisoned jinn should usually involve making sure they stay there. The problem is that you usually don't know there was a jinn until it was already released.
Wishes are at best problematic. I've actually considered a story about someone finding a well-inclined jinn but still has to go through all the angst of deciding how to keep it from causing problems. You see, you have only the jinn's word that it's "nice."
Wishes are at best problematic. I've actually considered a story about someone finding a well-inclined jinn but still has to go through all the angst of deciding how to keep it from causing problems. You see, you have only the jinn's word that it's "nice."
That's actually the case in one of the stories. Upon release, the djinn recounts how its attitude changed over the centuries, until finally deciding it is angry enough that it will simply kill whomever is close at hand when the bottle is opened.
"I rebelled against the king of the genii. To punish me, he shut me up in this vase of copper, and he put on the leaden cover his seal, which is enchantment enough to prevent my coming out. Then he had the vase thrown into the sea. During the first period of my captivity I vowed that if anyone should free me before a hundred years were passed, I would make him rich even after his death. But that century passed, and no one freed me. In the second century I vowed that I would give all the treasures in the world to my deliverer; but he never came.
"In the third, I promised to make him a king, to be always near him, and to grant him three wishes every day; but that century passed away as the other two had done, and I remained in the same plight. At last I grew angry at being captive for so long, and I vowed that if anyone would release me I would kill him at once, and would only allow him to choose in what manner he should die. So you see, as you have freed me to-day, choose in what way you will die." - The Fisherman and the Djinn.
"I rebelled against the king of the genii. To punish me, he shut me up in this vase of copper, and he put on the leaden cover his seal, which is enchantment enough to prevent my coming out. Then he had the vase thrown into the sea. During the first period of my captivity I vowed that if anyone should free me before a hundred years were passed, I would make him rich even after his death. But that century passed, and no one freed me. In the second century I vowed that I would give all the treasures in the world to my deliverer; but he never came.
"In the third, I promised to make him a king, to be always near him, and to grant him three wishes every day; but that century passed away as the other two had done, and I remained in the same plight. At last I grew angry at being captive for so long, and I vowed that if anyone would release me I would kill him at once, and would only allow him to choose in what manner he should die. So you see, as you have freed me to-day, choose in what way you will die." - The Fisherman and the Djinn.
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